Alcohol-related image priming and aggression in adolescents aged 11-14

Brown, Stephen L ORCID: 0000-0002-6142-0995, Coyne, Sarah M, Barlow, Alexandra and Qualter, Pamela (2010) Alcohol-related image priming and aggression in adolescents aged 11-14. ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS, 35 (8). pp. 791-794. ISSN 0306-4603, 1873-6327

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Abstract

In adults, alcohol-related stimuli prime aggressive responding without ingestion or belief of ingestion. This represents either experiential or socially-and culturally-mediated learning. Using a laboratory-based competitive aggression paradigm, we replicated adult findings in 103 11-14 year old adolescents below the legal UK drinking age. Using a two-independent group design, priming with alcohol-related imagery led participants to deliver louder noise punishments in a competition task than priming with beverage-related images. This effect was stronger in participants scoring low on an internalization measure. Priming effects in relatively alcohol-naïve participants could constitute evidence of socio-cultural transmission of scripts linking alcohol use and aggression. The enhanced effect in lower internalization scorers suggests that alcohol priming might undermine behavioral inhibition processes in otherwise stable adolescents.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Available online 27 March 2010. Issue date: August 2010.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Alcohol, Aggression, Adolescents, Priming
Subjects:	?? RK ??
Divisions:	Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Life Courses and Medical Sciences > School of Dentistry
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	15 Mar 2010 12:44
Last Modified:	07 Dec 2024 13:17
DOI:	10.1016/j.addbeh.2010.03.013
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/1236